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EcoSphere Hotel

Executive Summary & Business Plan – November, 2014

Executive Summary

The Vision

The EcoSphere Hotel is a unique new concept in hotel luxury, comfort and privacy — a lavish floating beachfront hotel suite with the ultimate in deluxe amenities to satisfy the most discriminating guests. Revenue to be received through time-share sales and/or direct sales of Ecosphere models to hotels.

Peerless Features

The Ecosphere hotel suite is securely anchored off a hotel’s main grounds,thus offering quiet seclusion , with convenient proximity to the hotel’s full restaurant, concierge, and entertainment facilities. Yet it may be moved and anchored to other chosen locations. Designed to comfortably accommodate two to six persons, the fiberglass Ecosphere offers top-of-the-line living amenities including plush beds, sofa, seating and dining furniture, and fully equipped kitchen with electric stove, microwave, dishwasher, and all utensils. It also comes fully stocked with fine food and drinks.

The Mission

To equip beachfront hotels with an exciting and exclusive new dimension in guest accommodations. Reasonably priced, the Ecospheres allow the hotel to expand its facilities at minimum cost, and attract more paying guests to a novel vacation experience combining the ultimate in privacy and full-comfort amenities. It affords a compelling new vacation experience to the sophisticated traveler who has “seen it all.” Easily moveable, the Ecospheres will also be offered to individuals and companies who wish to locate the Ecospheres to their choice of island locations.

Revenue

The Ecospheres will be available to beachfront hotels worldwide for less cost than new- room construction, with quantity only limited by waterfront space. Hotels have the option to participate in time-share revenues or buy models outright.

The Vision

The EcoSphere Hotel is a unique new concept in hotel luxury, comfort and privacy — a lavish floating beachfront hotel suite with the ultimate in deluxe amenities to satisfy the most discriminating guests. Revenue to be received through time-share sales and/or direct sales of Ecosphere models to hotels.
Pioneering New Design
The Ecosphere is an exciting new vacationer’s paradise retreat built to the highest standards by one of the world’s top yacht builders who is highly skilled in fiberglass design and construction. Its special circular design affords reliable stability with generous use of interior space for full living, sleeping, vacationing comfort.
The Ecosphere is securely an chored off a hotel’s main grounds, thus offering quiet seclusion , with convenient proximity to the hotel’s full restaurant, concierge, and restaurant facilities. Yet it may be moved and anchored to other chosen locations. The vacationer can relax on the deck enjoying the quiet sounds and scenic beauty of nature or relax and watch the latest movies and sports on a giant HDTV set in the exquisitely furnished main salon. He or she can also marvel at the fish and wonders of the underwater world through the large underwater glass ports.
Designed to comfortably accommodate two to six persons, the Ecosphere features advanced one-of-a-kind high-tech white fiberglass construction with wrap-around deck and see-through glass bottom for viewing marine life. Combines sturdy balanced stability with lightweight portability for moving to other chosen locations.

Designer: Graham Shannon
Founder and CEO of Autoship Systems Inc., largest developer and supplier of Windows CAD software to the yacht and ship design industry. Senior designer for America3 Foundation during the 1995 America’s cup contest.
Designer of the Walker Bay 8, the world’s best selling dinghy, the first ever built in injection molded polypropylene.

The Mission

To equip beachfront hotels with an exciting and exclusive new dimension in guest accommodations. Reasonably priced, the Ecospheres allow the hotel to expand its facilities at minimum cost, and attract more paying guests to a novel vacation experience combining the ultimate in privacy and full-comfort amenities. It affords a compelling new vacation experience to the sophisticated traveler who has “seen it all.” Easily moveable, the Ecospheres will also be offered to individuals and companies who wish to locate the Ecospheres to their choice of island locations.
Scalable worldwide: The Ecospheres are easily replicated for adding a new waterfront accommodations dimension to any beachfront hotel around the world without conflicting with the hotel’s existing design and concept.
Wilderness locations: The Ecosphere is transportable for the adventurous traveler who wishes to explore the wilderness in comfort. It can be located on even the most remote inner or glacial lake for the ultimate in private fishing or glacier viewing.

The Market

The Ecospheres will initially be target marketed to two market segments. One, to beachfront hotels as a way to increase occupancy with a unique getaway experience for visitors seeking a distinctively “different” vacationing fulfillment. Hotels may either buy the units outright or participate in revenue share. Two, sale of time shares through an experienced time share specialist.
Today’s demand for distinctive hotels. Bill Crow, a hotel industry analyst with Raymond James Financial, points out the demand of children of the baby boomers, the so-called
“ecoboomers drive demand,” for distinctive hotels. They tend to travel more than their parents and seek an out-of-the-ordinary experience rather than a typically standard place to lay their head. For this reason, hotels are looking for a competitive edge.
Time share sales: A number of time share companies have expressed strong interest in representing Ecosphere Hotels. The company is now choosing the one(s) it wants to work with.

Production

The Ecospheres are being designed by Graham Shannon and built by Spencer Yachts. Ltd., custom builder of the highest quality molder fiberglass yachts. Spencer Yachts are renowned for their proven offshore yacht designs, which have gained a worldwide reputation for being seaworthy and well built (Spenceryachts.com).

Competition

There is a trend toward more innovative branding in the hotel industry, in order to attract the more demanding and discriminating traveler and thus gain an edge over the competition. Examples of such forward-thinking hotels can be seen in the following links. Ecosphere Hotels is positioned to be a leader in innovative, creative, and unique hotel accommodations. There is currently no known active competitor in the market.
Examples of innovative hotel concepts:

ariauamazontowers.com

jul.com

ozarkcave.com

casablancahotel.com

crescent-hydropolis.com

winvian.com

pitcherinn.com

icehotelcanada.com

libraryhotel.com

pitcherinn.com

Management

GARRY LAWSON – Co-founder & New Business Development
Mr. Lawson founded and managed a leading home electronics company in Canada which produced the highest per-capita sales of any outlet in the country for Matsushita and Bose. In 1997 Mr. Lawson negotiated the rights to a large private library of classic Hollywood movies that had no audience penetration in the international marketplace. He negotiated an exclusive agreement with the library owner for foreign distribution and developed the concept of a global network for classic Hollywood films to reach the world by satellite and the internet.
In 2002 he traveled to Malaysia and set up a video streaming system with the Malaysian government for an 800-acre industrial park, that performed at speeds of up to 50 megabits per second. In 2004 Mr. Lawson went to China and successfully installed a similar solution with China Unioncom Digital Technology in Beijing. Later that year, he and his team of developers adapted the current ETV solution for full-screen Internet television . His experience in Asia will be in valuable to the company’s international growth in the future.ALSTON (TONY) BARNARD – Marketing Director
Tony Barnard has been co-founder and Chairman of Tele-Talent International, Inc., America’s first full-service phone patch voice-over production company, bringing Hollywood voices to local markets nationwide for use in local radio/television commercials and corporate narrations. The Company has also produced foreign language dubbed versions of films, videos, commercials, and CD-ROMs for Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, USA Networks, Disney, GM, Ford, IBM, AT&T, U.S. Steel, Coca-Cola, and numerous additional major clients.
Previously he headed his own successful Madison Avenue direct marketing agency in New York City, serving UPS, Columbia Records, The New York Times, McGraw-Hill, among other prestigious accounts. He is known in the industry for having created the award-winning mailer for Great Expectations, which became the biggest mailing in the history of direct mail advertising worldwide, mailing over 1 billion pieces. He has also been one of America’s top on-camera spokesmen . Described as “Mr. Believability” by CBS, he has represented on television such major clients as IBM, CBS Special Reports, Chase Bank, AT&T, GTE, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, among others. He is a graduate of Harvard University.CHRISTOPHER GUEST – Website Development
Christopher Guest has been in web development and design for over a decade, and has managed http://bcexplorerman.ca since it’s conception several years ago. His skill for programming coupled with his marketing and promotional savvy make for a balanced combination. Christopher has designed hundreds of websites, including many different e- Commerce sites ranging from Contact Lenses to the largest distributor of Ornamental Wrought Iron in the country.

Revenue

The Ecospheres will be offered to beachfront hotels worldwide for less cost than new- room construction, with quantity only limited by waterfront space. Hotels have the option to participate in time-share revenues or buy models outright. They will also be offered privately to vacation travelers on a time-share basis.

Financials available upon request

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